The effects of trauma types, cumulative trauma, and PTSD on IQ in two highly traumatized adolescent groups

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-139

  Kira, Ibrahim ^a   Lewandowski, Linda ^b   Somers, Cheryl L ^b   Yoon, Jina S ^b   Chiodo, Lisa ^b  

^a Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IQ; Kira's taxonomy of traumas; PTSD; trauma type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865225249     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022121     Document Type: Article

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